David Hyde

Reporter and Interviewer

Year started with KUOW: 2004

Before landing in the Emerald City, David Hyde tried out several others, including New York, Tokyo and Portland, Oregon. As a student at Reed College in Portland, David discovered two loves: His love for the Pacific Northwest and for his spouse who is now a professor at the University of Washington.

David started in radio as a college DJ. Listeners responded with enthusiasm, he says, sometimes by throwing empty beer bottles at the station. In New York, David worked as the managing editor and reporter for a regional newspaper. He has also freelanced as a radio correspondent for National Public Radio and Pacifica Network News, and for publications including Salon and Grist. In addition to his reporting background, David has also pursued graduate work in U.S. cultural history (ABD); and he's taught college courses in U.S. cultural history, film and history, and American popular culture.

At KUOW since 2004, David has also worked on The Conversation, Weekday, and Speakers' Forum and The Record. Now a contributing producer and interviewer, David says his main goal is to create radio that really matters to KUOW listeners. So if he's not doing that, please let him know.

Ways to Connect

There was a time when voting wasn’t so boring. History remembers those bygone voting days as a blast. Think the Suffrage movement, Civil Rights and pretty much all the 19th century (before women or people of color could vote, so not much of a party for them). But in the last decades, voting has become antiseptic and antisocial.

Hillary Clinton could be America's first female president, but for Washington state, another historic first is possible this year. Down in Vancouver, there’s a candidate who would be the first openly transgender member of the Washington State Legislature. Kaitlyn Beck is running for Position 1 in the 49th District.

The most Republican block in Seattle is at 116 Fairview Avenue North in South Lake Union. It’s the site of a large, upscale retirement community called Mirabella. Nothing outside screams Republican – no Trump hats or “Hillary for Prison in 2016.”

Incumbent Democrat Jay Inslee takes on Republican Bill Bryant in a governor's debate Monday night in Seattle. It starts 30 minutes after the presidential debate. Will anyone have the strength to stay tuned?

Last month in Everett, Donald Trump called the Trans-Pacific Partnership a “disaster.” Hillary Clinton opposes it, too. So what does the rise in anti-trade politics mean for Washington – the most trade-dependent state?

Fans of Donald Trump lined up by the thousands to hear him speak at a rally Tuesday evening in Everett. They were met by protesters who said his policies would be bad for Boeing, minorities, women and the country in general.

The first Washington gubernatorial debate of the season happened yesterday. Incumbent Gov. Jay Inslee – a Democrat – faced off against former Seattle Port Commissioner and Republican Bill Bryant out in Spokane.

Donald Trump has replaced his earlier call for a total ban on Muslims entering the U.S. Now he demands ideological tests on immigrants. “I call it extreme, extreme vetting,” Trump said in a speech Monday in Ohio.

A new poll out this week shows incumbent Jay Inslee with a big lead over challenger Bill Bryant in the battle for the Washington governor’s office. But Bryant made some news too: He said he wouldn’t vote for fellow Republican Donald Trump.

First, former Seattle area sportscaster Tony Ventrella jumped into the race. Then, he jumped out. But his name stayed on the ballot. And then he surprised everyone, including himself, when he came in second in the top-two primary last month. That got him – a candidate who was out – back into the general election in November against six-term Republican Representative Dave Reichert.

The Democratic National Convention wrapped up on Thursday night, with Hillary Clinton accepting the party's presidential nomination. KUOW's David Hyde and Kate Walters were in Philadelphia all week, covering Washington state's delegation. Here are some of the voices they heard.

Hillary Clinton may not be the first woman to run for president. Victoria Woodhull did that back in 1872, on the Equal Rights Party ticket with Frederick Douglass. But Hillary Clinton is the first to be nominated by a major political party. And that’s a big deal for a number of women from Washington state in Philadelphia for the Democratic National Convention.